The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men read more

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy read more

The contact with manners then is education; and this Thucydides
appears to assert when he says history is philosophy learned from
examples.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.